Entries tagged with “Garnell Whitfield Jr.”
Policy Issues
Race
,Victims' Families
,Federal Death Penalty
,Sep 07, 2022
Family Members of Buffalo Mass Shooting Want Focus on Preventing Racial Violence, Not Death Penalty
As federal prosecutors consider what punishment to seek against the accused gunman in the May 2022 mass shooting at a Tops Supermarket in Buffalo, survivors and family members of victims of the shooting are concerned that pursuing the death penalty will further spread the racial hatred that fueled the massacre and divert attention from meaningful action to combat white supremacist…